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Populations of different species in an area

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Community

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Ecosystems include

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The community of living organisms

The non living factors they interact with

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A landscape is a mosaic of connected

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Ecosystems

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The biosphere is the

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Global ecosystem

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The biosphere is the

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Global ecosystem

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Biological hierarchy

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Organism, population, community, ecosystems, landscape, biosphere

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Four factors that make up climate

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Temp, precipitation, sunlight and wind

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Patterns in a global, regional, and landscape level

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Macroclimate

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Very fine, localized patterns, such as those encountered by the community of organisms that live in the micro habitat beneath a fallen log

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Microclimate

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Name three factors that vary seasonally

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Climate, large bodies of water, and mountain

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What ocean current that keeps Northern Europe warm

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Gulph stream

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Diagram of rain shadow

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See chapter notes

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What two human activities are causing global climate change?

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Burning fossil fuels and deforestation

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Why can sugar maple respond to climate change more effectively than the eastern hemlock?

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Sugar maple has winged seeds

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Difference between biotic and abiotic

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Biotic-living

Abiotic-non living

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Figure 52.18

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See chapter notes

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The movement of individuals of gametes away from their area of origin or from centers of high population density

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Dispersal

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Why don’t scientists intentionally introduce organisms from one geographic area to another

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Often disrupt communities

19
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Six biotic factors affecting distribution

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Predation
Herbivory
Pollinators
Food resources
Parasites
Pathogens
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Five abiotic factors affecting distribution

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Temp
Water and oxygen
Salinity
Sunlight
Rocks and soil
21
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Individuals of the same species living in an area

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A population

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